I’d like to thank…
Writing the acknowledgments section of a book has a lot in common with giving a speech at an awards ceremony. Luckily, authors have more time to prepare.
writing
Category: writing
Writing is what I do. Sometimes it’s easy. Most times it’s not. These posts are about different aspects of the writing life.
North Cascades writing
Go ahead. Judge this book by its cover.
A book’s cover conveys a lot to readers, and I wanted to make sure we got it right. I think we succeeded.
national parks North Cascades writing
Of mountains and mountaineers
Storied climber Fred Beckey died on October 30, felled by congestive heart failure at age 94 after a lifetime relentlessly dedicated to putting up routes on peaks around the world. Both Mr. Adventure and I have longstanding connections to Beckey, Mr. Adventure as a former climber and an admirer and me as an historian of the North Cascades. And last Friday, as we drove through unseasonably early snow over two mountain passes on our way…
writing
Writer’s block? At Grey Towers, not a problem.
Sure, I had a to-do list for my time as scholar-in-residence at Grey Towers. But every writer needs a break now and then…
trip reports writing
Fortnight at Grey Towers
Two weeks at the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the Forest Service.